Transparent screens have been turning up at trade shows for years, but I still can't work out why you'd really want one

Samsung transparent microLED.

Andy Edser, Hardware writer

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This month I've been testing: Laptops and flight sticks once more, with a focus on a couple of RTX 4090 mobile beasts. I still reckon the RTX 4080 mobile is a much better shout for a laptop GPU, but some will always prefer opting for the biggest GPU you can buy, even if it comes with some serious drawbacks.

Tech trade shows are the place for companies to show off not just the latest consumer products, but also the wild, the wacky, and the futuristic extreme. For some time now, we've seen transparent displays and transparent screen technology turn up at many of these events, yet they were always seemingly a few years away from release.